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or it emphatically from general jackson, general andersen. [inaudible] >> there might be some efficiencies gained. we are talking about that across the department of defense. he believes that the guard and reserve bring capabilities to the table. so that's all i'm going to say about that. [laughter] >> i will defer to my boss. >> this is actually my next question for general graham. how do you handle this issue as an honest broker of the joint chiefs? as an adjunct question to that, is there any way sent to the idea of rotating your billet with a reserve officer? >> let me start -- i came into the shop of september. but of the first things is you got to establish a position about combining the guard and reserve. i thought about it and elected everything getting ready to go into the process followed by the skimmer process and everything going on. my first thought was that got to stay tight as a reserve component here. i think this decision is not forestier. i think this decision is a policy political decision that has to be made and comes up a
or it emphatically from general jackson, general andersen. [inaudible] >> there might be some efficiencies gained. we are talking about that across the department of defense. he believes that the guard and reserve bring capabilities to the table. so that's all i'm going to say about that. [laughter] >> i will defer to my boss. >> this is actually my next question for general graham. how do you handle this issue as an honest broker of the joint chiefs? as an adjunct question to...
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jackson lee. >> i think it has a certain ring to it. thank you very much mr. chipman. and as my good friend, mr. smith is leaving, let me thank you and the ranking member. and i wanted to make mention of the fact for the record that yesterday we completed in homeland security one of the components to comprehensive immigration reform which is a very strong border security bill. and i wanted to make mention for this committee that mr. smith and i join on an amendment that covered operational control for -- border. i just want to show a sign of bipartisanship and cover for this committee as we look at these issues. .. >> i understand the challenges that they have, and i would also say that they seek to hire anyone who will come and be a good worker and do the job and stay on the job. you have given opportunity to young people, i'm hearing that you're hiring seniors because seniors are coming back to work in between. and there are people in your business, businesses that use the restaurant job as their income for their family. so i think your work is very important. and i
jackson lee. >> i think it has a certain ring to it. thank you very much mr. chipman. and as my good friend, mr. smith is leaving, let me thank you and the ranking member. and i wanted to make mention of the fact for the record that yesterday we completed in homeland security one of the components to comprehensive immigration reform which is a very strong border security bill. and i wanted to make mention for this committee that mr. smith and i join on an amendment that covered...
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i'm absolutely for constitutional questions but it was justice robert jackson who said the constitution is not a suicide pact. to choose not to know is wrong. i want to also raise one other thing and i think senator graham was quite right in this. he says -- hina says there is no war going on. i think that is willful blindness. usama bin laden declared a war on us. muslim brotherhood said a grand jihad is taking place against us. various iranian rulers have said there is a global war against the forces of arrogance, that would be us. and i would submit to you that the tsarnaev brothers assuming everything we know, as well as the fort hood shooter, the woe bee times square bomber, the would-be underwear bomber, they all perceived themselves not as criminals but combatants in a war. they simply get a vote. they say they're not combatants. they say they're fighting a war but they're not. treat this simply as criminal justice problem is wrong. they are combatants even though they don't wear uniforms and carry their weapons openly. that means they're combatants who are violating the laws of
i'm absolutely for constitutional questions but it was justice robert jackson who said the constitution is not a suicide pact. to choose not to know is wrong. i want to also raise one other thing and i think senator graham was quite right in this. he says -- hina says there is no war going on. i think that is willful blindness. usama bin laden declared a war on us. muslim brotherhood said a grand jihad is taking place against us. various iranian rulers have said there is a global war against...
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one of the highlights of the conference in jackson hole every year our remarks by the chairman, you, you are not going this year because you have a conflict in your personal schedule, but some have taken that as a sign that you may not be staying on the job for another term. could you comment on that and give us more explanation as to why you are not going to be in jackson hole for the first time? >> i won't comment on my personal plans but i will say there's a perception that the jackson hole conference is the federal reserve system conference, it is not. it is sponsored by one of 12 reserve banks, anyone of the 12 reserve banks as conferences, meetings and this is the one i have gone to most of any reserve bank. is not inappropriate to go to different conferences, different meetings and essentials meet all the constituents that i have in these different banks. that is one reason certainly. >> mr. chairman, a number of your colleagues reflected in the new projections expect the unemployment rate to get down to 6.5% next year, which is your threshold for considering raising the funds
one of the highlights of the conference in jackson hole every year our remarks by the chairman, you, you are not going this year because you have a conflict in your personal schedule, but some have taken that as a sign that you may not be staying on the job for another term. could you comment on that and give us more explanation as to why you are not going to be in jackson hole for the first time? >> i won't comment on my personal plans but i will say there's a perception that the jackson...
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a couple years ago at our show, mike jackson -- thank you. mike jackson, the ceo of automation declared what he called a moment of truth. i think we've all been talking about both in the first panel and the second panel today. and a moment of truth is as he describes it is, when the consumer comes into the showroom floor and don chalmers when his analogy earlier mentioned this, the greenest of the green person who wants to be a patriot, wants to get us off of the petroleum standard looks at the combustion engine, look at the alternative it in vehicle, and when they see the price difference, for just being green, remembers that he's a capitalist and goes for the cheaper vehicle. do any of you, as manufacturers, i recognize you're not economists, have any sort of percentage of fleet penetration where all of the alternative energy products kind of have a watershed moment where your costs are able to b be afraid sh as they come more in line with combustion engines, and that's the point at which all of these technologies become more viable? >> tha
a couple years ago at our show, mike jackson -- thank you. mike jackson, the ceo of automation declared what he called a moment of truth. i think we've all been talking about both in the first panel and the second panel today. and a moment of truth is as he describes it is, when the consumer comes into the showroom floor and don chalmers when his analogy earlier mentioned this, the greenest of the green person who wants to be a patriot, wants to get us off of the petroleum standard looks at the...
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lisa jackson was director. but -- and gina mccarthy was the air director p. it's from the air office, the assistant administration for air, where she has the most expertise. and that all of the worst regulations will come in the future. after president obama's speech on global warming it became clear that gina mccarthy will be used as the tool of the administration for all of these regulations that will destroy the american economy. in the last four years, in the last four years we've had utility mact -- i've listed these up here. it's really worth looking at. utility mact, mact means the maximum achievable control technology. what technology is out there to control the emissions. so utility mact would cost the -- she was able to get that through, $100 billion, 1.65 -- 1.65 million jobs lost. the next is boiler mact, that's $63.3 billion and 800,000 jobs lost, regional, another regulation regulating the air will increase the cost of oklahoma's electricity bills by over $1.8 billion, these are all figures that are incontrovertible, people don't disagree with t
lisa jackson was director. but -- and gina mccarthy was the air director p. it's from the air office, the assistant administration for air, where she has the most expertise. and that all of the worst regulations will come in the future. after president obama's speech on global warming it became clear that gina mccarthy will be used as the tool of the administration for all of these regulations that will destroy the american economy. in the last four years, in the last four years we've had...
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. >> host: jackson in washington, d.c., independent. hi. >> caller: good morning, alan. >> guest: good morning. >> caller: now, alan, let's tell the truth. explain to the viewers how much money that grocery stores make off of this snap program. how much did safeway make or 7/eleven make? explain the dollars in the program was that's who benefits more than anybody else. and i'll listen to your response, thank you. >> guest: sure. well, the truth is grocery store chains are big supporters of the snap program. if you have something that subsidizes people's purchases and encourages people to buy more food, you'd be behind it too. for example, the supervalu chain that's number two in the country after safeway, excuse me, after kroger, they operate the save-a-lot chain which tends to be in inner city neighborhoods in areas where there may not be a lot of other grocery availability. they've said that up to half of their revenues can come up from snap recipients. so, you know, they're going to be backing it. and you take a look at the $80 billi
. >> host: jackson in washington, d.c., independent. hi. >> caller: good morning, alan. >> guest: good morning. >> caller: now, alan, let's tell the truth. explain to the viewers how much money that grocery stores make off of this snap program. how much did safeway make or 7/eleven make? explain the dollars in the program was that's who benefits more than anybody else. and i'll listen to your response, thank you. >> guest: sure. well, the truth is grocery store...
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and i've always had a lot of respect for lisa jackson. lisa jackson was the administrator of the e.p.a. under the obama administration. while she is lmb and -- liberal and i'm conservative, she was always honest in her answers. i asked her the question, if we pass by legislation or any other way cap-and-trade in the united states is that going to reduce worldwide co2 emissions? and the answer, her answer was no. because if you do that, you're doing it just us on the brightest sectors of our economy without china, without mexico, without india and the rest of the world doing it, then u.s. manufacturers could have the reverse expect fect because they could end up having to go to other countries where there are not restrictions on emissions so they would be emitting more. so this is the problem that we have. there go our jobs overseas seeking energy in areas where they're able to afford it. and i -- using her -- lisa jackson's quote exactly, she said, when i asked her the question on the record, she said, "i believe that the u.s. action alon
and i've always had a lot of respect for lisa jackson. lisa jackson was the administrator of the e.p.a. under the obama administration. while she is lmb and -- liberal and i'm conservative, she was always honest in her answers. i asked her the question, if we pass by legislation or any other way cap-and-trade in the united states is that going to reduce worldwide co2 emissions? and the answer, her answer was no. because if you do that, you're doing it just us on the brightest sectors of our...
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jackson lee and ms. maurer. one minute. >> that they acknowledge to dr. nottingham are deepest in the state for such a young man and hero. certainly to the tragedy we have witnessed in vietnam ulcer, i also want to acknowledge to people in there and have experienced gun violence in ron david uchida davis who lost their son to gun violence. [applause] i come from texas, chief and i'm going to hold this off. the headline says that type of gun world because i want everyone to know where you just said what have said you were not asking for guns. the store's name is used in armor in the headline says they are strictly controlled at the united states government. not only that, someone says someone breaks into take their guns in a saint because they are in a vault. tell me about the outgunned as a police officer and the importance of story and securing guns. you mentioned earlier, the storing of securing guns in people's homes, which i think is enormously crucial. >> thank you very much and i particularly want to thank dr. nottingham, as a mother and grandmother
jackson lee and ms. maurer. one minute. >> that they acknowledge to dr. nottingham are deepest in the state for such a young man and hero. certainly to the tragedy we have witnessed in vietnam ulcer, i also want to acknowledge to people in there and have experienced gun violence in ron david uchida davis who lost their son to gun violence. [applause] i come from texas, chief and i'm going to hold this off. the headline says that type of gun world because i want everyone to know where you...
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madam president, those words were spoken by jackson in 1832, more than 100 years later, our nation still struggles with a broken tax system. our tax code today is inequitable, inefficient, incomprehensible to the overwhelming majority of americans. it contains nearly 4 million words, 4 million. if someone were to try read the entire code outloud it would take them more than 18 uninterrupted days. not only is the code long, it is maddeningly complex. 42 different definitions of a small business in the code, 42. 15 different tax incentives for higher education, so many that the i.r.s. had to publish a booklet just to explain and simplify the higher education tax incentives. and that book is -- here i have it with me, madam president. that book is 90 pages long just on the education incentives. here it is. find anybody to read it, let alone somebody trying to go to college or a parent trying to help his or her child go to college. the code is just a la labyrinth that 90% of americans have to use an accountant or computer software to file their tax returns. it still takes the average taxpaye
madam president, those words were spoken by jackson in 1832, more than 100 years later, our nation still struggles with a broken tax system. our tax code today is inequitable, inefficient, incomprehensible to the overwhelming majority of americans. it contains nearly 4 million words, 4 million. if someone were to try read the entire code outloud it would take them more than 18 uninterrupted days. not only is the code long, it is maddeningly complex. 42 different definitions of a small business...
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s director, lisa jackson, she said the e.p.a.'s role is interestingly -- quote -- "to level the playing field against fossil fuels." secretary chu who is leaving the administration, said he must -- quote -- "boost the price of gasoline to the levels in europe." and secretary salazar who is leaving continues to talk about the fact that the energy strategy showed good results but they have restricted access to federal offshore and onshore oil and gas resources through moratoriums, through blocking permits, through leasing plans, they denied americans billions in public revenue and thousands of jobs. so i stand here saying that the keystone x.l. pipeline is a perfect example of the obama administration's pattern of delaying good projects by requiring excessive red tape. so i come here with you, the senator from north dakota and the senator from alaska, and look to you, the senator from north dakota, and thank you for your leadership, for your determination forks your, for yr fortitude, for you fighting to make sure that we as a count
s director, lisa jackson, she said the e.p.a.'s role is interestingly -- quote -- "to level the playing field against fossil fuels." secretary chu who is leaving the administration, said he must -- quote -- "boost the price of gasoline to the levels in europe." and secretary salazar who is leaving continues to talk about the fact that the energy strategy showed good results but they have restricted access to federal offshore and onshore oil and gas resources through...
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jackson. he's the republican party's nominee for lieutenant governor in this year's virginia election. mr. jackson is also a former marine, the pastor and founder of the exodus faith ministries and the author of the book "ten commandments to an extraordinary life." his remarks are ten minutes. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪? thank you so much! thank you, thank you, thank you. i am so thankful to be at the faith and freedom coalition meeting and so proud to know that ralph reid and other leaders have pulled us all together because, folks, there is no freedom without faith. [applause] that's how our founders designed this nation. and our faith and our freedom are under attack like never before in the history of this country. freedom is the ability to fulfill one's god given gifts and talents and to allow them to take you to the highest place that you can go without irrational discrimination and without the government unduly interfering and hindering your ability to make progress. but we are now w
jackson. he's the republican party's nominee for lieutenant governor in this year's virginia election. mr. jackson is also a former marine, the pastor and founder of the exodus faith ministries and the author of the book "ten commandments to an extraordinary life." his remarks are ten minutes. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪? thank you so much! thank you, thank you, thank you. i am so thankful to be at the faith and freedom coalition meeting and so proud to know that ralph reid and...
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in 1963 in jackson, mississippi, angry protesters and armed police prevented any massacre after the murder of edgar evans. that was a kind of lawyer and later that he was. years later he gave me his photo with a description from tennyson's eula says. .. and particularly the american bar association. thank you all very much. [applause] hillary clinton wrapping up her remarkings in san francisco. we are going to take you live with the national prez club and a discussion underway a minute ago on the role of government affairs officers and whether they help or hinder government transparency. live coverage on c-span2. >> the panelist presentations will be available on paoand reporters pao in public affairs officers and a and d reporters at blog spot. com. as a reporter i should disclose that i'm biased in favor of as much openness and disclosure as possible and as few rules as possible about who can talk to reporters in the federal government, and how. but i also recognize and i really mean this. the public affairs has an indispensable job to do. i want set the stage for the event. some say har
in 1963 in jackson, mississippi, angry protesters and armed police prevented any massacre after the murder of edgar evans. that was a kind of lawyer and later that he was. years later he gave me his photo with a description from tennyson's eula says. .. and particularly the american bar association. thank you all very much. [applause] hillary clinton wrapping up her remarkings in san francisco. we are going to take you live with the national prez club and a discussion underway a minute ago on...
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attack before andrew jackson takes office. his niece, emily donaldson, becomes the white house hostess but is later dismissed as fallout from a scandal. and during the next administration, ann gel da van buren is the white house hostess for her father-in-law, president martin van buren, who is a widower. we'll include your questions and comments by phone, facebook and twitter live tonight at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> secretary of state john kerry has made an unannounced trip to afghanistan. he's meeting today with afghan president hamid karzai. the session came shortly after the u.s. military ceded control of its last detention facility in afghanistan. during secretary or kerry's 24-hour visit, he also plans to talk with civic leaders and others to discuss continued u.s. assistance to the country. egypt has parliamentary elections next month. the ruling party is president mohamed morsi's muslim brotherhood x it's being challenged by more secular groups. next, a group of middle eas
attack before andrew jackson takes office. his niece, emily donaldson, becomes the white house hostess but is later dismissed as fallout from a scandal. and during the next administration, ann gel da van buren is the white house hostess for her father-in-law, president martin van buren, who is a widower. we'll include your questions and comments by phone, facebook and twitter live tonight at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> secretary of state john...
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. >> howard jackson, who is a law professor at harvard wrote a piece, an op-ed in "christian science monitor" in december of 2008 or so. ncrc proposed doing this with federal fund through a federal agency. and i wrote an article in "the new republic" in lar of 2010 suggesting treasury could use tarp fund and act exactly as the homeowners loan corporation had done, do this not for a profit but specifically to help homeowners. american securitization forum wasn't for that either. >> i just, real quick point on just clarify my position. i'm not opposed to the in concept the use of eminent domain for borrowers who are upside-down, who are current. i'm simply saying that the priority would be in my view for those who are already experiencing financial distress. when you get to the point of they're current, i think other tests could be put in place. that's why i think there needs to be a lot more detail on the table before there's a vote of yes or no. for example, if you're paying 70% of the your income to keep that mortgage current, do you want to force that homeowner to actually go into
. >> howard jackson, who is a law professor at harvard wrote a piece, an op-ed in "christian science monitor" in december of 2008 or so. ncrc proposed doing this with federal fund through a federal agency. and i wrote an article in "the new republic" in lar of 2010 suggesting treasury could use tarp fund and act exactly as the homeowners loan corporation had done, do this not for a profit but specifically to help homeowners. american securitization forum wasn't for...
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that was serving at the time, lisa jackson. i said, once i leave town, since you can't pass any kind of cap and trade, you're trying to do it with regulation, to find an endangerment finding. it has to be based on some type of science p. what science are you going to use? she said, well, the ipcc, intergovernmental panel on climate change, u.n. u.n. well, as luck would have it, it wasn't months after or weeks after that. hours after that, climategate came in and they were exposed for lying about the science for all those years. so the timing could not have been better. i would only say that i'm glad that this issue has opened up again because i had a dusty old file on climate change i hadn't used in five years, and i've got it out and we're ready to use it again. i just hope the american people will look at the beautiful political speech that was made by the president yesterday for actually what it is. let's keep in mind, any time we want to go into the extreme position of saying that co2 is the cause of climate change or of gl
that was serving at the time, lisa jackson. i said, once i leave town, since you can't pass any kind of cap and trade, you're trying to do it with regulation, to find an endangerment finding. it has to be based on some type of science p. what science are you going to use? she said, well, the ipcc, intergovernmental panel on climate change, u.n. u.n. well, as luck would have it, it wasn't months after or weeks after that. hours after that, climategate came in and they were exposed for lying...
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in fact, i recall personally visiting with lisa jackson. she had every intent to go ahead and make these notifications. so the e.p.a. shouldn't be allowed to enforce this rule against farmers at this time. what this does is ask for an extension to give them time, and i plan on talking to the new director of the e.p.a. about this very issue. this is not just exempting farmers. this is giving more time, in this case until the end of this fiscal year. and so i would like to be able to pass this. i would like -- i do move its adoption and ask for the yeas and nays. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: we're still on the inhofe amendment. is there an opportunity to speak on the amendment before a vote is called or are you asking for a vote immediately? are you asking for a vote immediately? mr. inhofe: no, we're asking for a vote sometime tomorrow. they are talking about putting this over. mr. reed: i would -- i just would like to at the appropriate moment be recognized to speak against -- res
in fact, i recall personally visiting with lisa jackson. she had every intent to go ahead and make these notifications. so the e.p.a. shouldn't be allowed to enforce this rule against farmers at this time. what this does is ask for an extension to give them time, and i plan on talking to the new director of the e.p.a. about this very issue. this is not just exempting farmers. this is giving more time, in this case until the end of this fiscal year. and so i would like to be able to pass this. i...
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the most infamous example of this is lisa jackson, the former e.p.a.'s administrator's complete disregard for transparency through her richard windsor e-mails. richard windsor was an alias, and i think clearly in my opinion, she used this alias to make it obvious when it came to openness, producing documents, et cetera, that this wasn't necessarily her. as it turns out, multiple e.p.a. officials had been conducting agency business through aliases or through private e-mail accounts. and these private e-mail accounts was absolutely prohibited by the e.p.a. and yet, with uncovered -- we've uncovered a pattern of this, not an isolated incident, not just richard windsor as an alias, but a pattern of this, including the acting administrator using an alias and a private account, including region 8 administrator martin using me.com, a private account; region 9 administrator blumenthal; former deputy counsel yang, a lawyer for the e.p.a., using a gmail.com contract, all completely contrary to the clear rules of the e.p.a. but it doesn't stop with the use of thes
the most infamous example of this is lisa jackson, the former e.p.a.'s administrator's complete disregard for transparency through her richard windsor e-mails. richard windsor was an alias, and i think clearly in my opinion, she used this alias to make it obvious when it came to openness, producing documents, et cetera, that this wasn't necessarily her. as it turns out, multiple e.p.a. officials had been conducting agency business through aliases or through private e-mail accounts. and these...
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. >> thank you honchar man, and of course to the representative jackson and my home town representative smith, thank you for adding to the ranking member conyers as well as the members of the committee. i come to you today as many things come as an american, as an optimist, the grandson of an immigrant orphan from mexico who found opportunity in our great country, and as the mayor of the nation's seventh largest city, the community that looks like the texas and the america of tomorrow. immigration for all of us is more than a political issue. it is who we are as americans. from plymouth rock to ellis island and galveston to access to the sandy shores of florida and other rocky coast of california, immigrants have made this the greatest country in the world. today, however, our immigration system is badly broken. but there is hope. this hearing more importantly the bipartisan legislation that i believe can be enacted because of it shows that we are on the cusp of real progress. the president in a growing number of bi-partisan lawmakers have laid the framework for what americans support a
. >> thank you honchar man, and of course to the representative jackson and my home town representative smith, thank you for adding to the ranking member conyers as well as the members of the committee. i come to you today as many things come as an american, as an optimist, the grandson of an immigrant orphan from mexico who found opportunity in our great country, and as the mayor of the nation's seventh largest city, the community that looks like the texas and the america of tomorrow....
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as justice jackson said in his opening argument at the nuremberg trials, the ultimate step in avoiding periodic wars which are inevitable in a system of international lawlessness, is to make statesmen responsible for the law. if the world's worst despots see that they can flout with impunity prohibitions against the world's worst weapons, then those prohibitions are just pieces of paper. that is what we mean by accountability, and that is what we mean by we cannot be silent. so let me be clear: president obama is not asking america to go to war, and i say that sitting next to two men, secretary hagel and chairman dempsey, who know what war is. senator mccain knows what war is. they know the difference between going to war and what president obama is requesting now. we all agree there will be no american boots on the ground. the president has made crystal clear we have no intention of assuming responsibility for syria's civil war. he is asking only for the power to make clear, to make certain that the united states means what we say, that the world will be joined together in a multilate
as justice jackson said in his opening argument at the nuremberg trials, the ultimate step in avoiding periodic wars which are inevitable in a system of international lawlessness, is to make statesmen responsible for the law. if the world's worst despots see that they can flout with impunity prohibitions against the world's worst weapons, then those prohibitions are just pieces of paper. that is what we mean by accountability, and that is what we mean by we cannot be silent. so let me be clear:...
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in fact, when lisa jackson was the director of the environmental protection agency, i asked her the question -- and this is live on tv, and she was giving me a very honest answer. i said if we were to pass any of these cap-and-trade bills like the ones i've been talking about, would this lower overall emissions of co2? she said no because the problem is not here. it's in china. it's in india. it's in mexico and other countries where they don't have regulations. you can carry that argument on out and say that if you pass these things, if we do it unilaterally in the united states as the president is suggesting today, it's going to have the effect of increasing co2 because as people go and seek those countries where they can actually do this, where they don't have any restrictions at all. so there's no need for the president to take us down this path. he is beholden to his environmental base which claims global warming is the biggest threat facing humanity. and he said in recent months all the major weather events of the last decade have been the result of global warming. some even claim oklah
in fact, when lisa jackson was the director of the environmental protection agency, i asked her the question -- and this is live on tv, and she was giving me a very honest answer. i said if we were to pass any of these cap-and-trade bills like the ones i've been talking about, would this lower overall emissions of co2? she said no because the problem is not here. it's in china. it's in india. it's in mexico and other countries where they don't have regulations. you can carry that argument on...
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davy crockett got crossways with andrew jackson and he lost his race for congress in 1835. he went to the courthouse steps in madison county, tennessee and said i'm going to texas and you can go to hell. and he went to texas. that's historic. i'm not using bad words here. so we had these two famous tennesseans, patriotic, brave men, both of whom went to texas. they had the same goal in mind, the independence of texas. but they had different tactics in mind. former congressman davy crockett said, i think i'll go to the alamo. some people said, davie, if you go to the alamo, you'll get cismekilled. he went to the alamo and he did get killed. we remember him for his brave ir his bravery and we remember the alamo. he was heavily criticizinged by for withdrawing. some said it was a retreat. he waited until the mexican general it was in a siesta with his troops. he attacked him and won the war. so today, mr. president, we celebrate both men. we think of them both as patriots and we remember the alamo but we celebrate texas independence day on march 2, 1836, because sam houston wa
davy crockett got crossways with andrew jackson and he lost his race for congress in 1835. he went to the courthouse steps in madison county, tennessee and said i'm going to texas and you can go to hell. and he went to texas. that's historic. i'm not using bad words here. so we had these two famous tennesseans, patriotic, brave men, both of whom went to texas. they had the same goal in mind, the independence of texas. but they had different tactics in mind. former congressman davy crockett...